Best 292 quotes in «tennis quotes» category

I feel lucky to live at a time when the dominant tennis players are Venus and Serena Williams. And to have lived through the success of a whole slew of boxers and feel I could invest emotionally and psychologically in their victories, and identify with them in their struggles.

I felt better being in the background. That's the way I like it.

If I don't do what I need to do to win, I won't win, no matter who is on the other side of the net.

If I have a daughter and she plays tennis, and I have a son who plays tennis, I wouldn't say that my son deserves more money because he's a man. I would say they deserve the same amount of money.

If I'm nervous, it means I had to work hard to get there, whether it's playing in a tournament or speaking at an event. So I try to stop and be proud of getting to live in that moment.

If I wore a sleeveless shirt, people would try to feed me after the match.

If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn't know anything about tennis.

If you give me a short shot I will attack you. I'm not a baseliner who rallies. I try to get the point over with.

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment.

If you don't do something special against Chris Evert you find yourself losing concentration after 35 shots.

If someone says tennis is not feminine, I say screw it.

I just try to play tennis and don't find excuses. You know, I just lost because I lost, not because my arm was sore.

If you're working with someone who you get on with and you're supposed to hate them on the screen, then you get this playful challenge thing where you're trying to one-up each other and that's really interesting. Sometimes it can become like tennis. The harder you hit the ball back, then the harder the hit it back to you.

If you want to be a tennis player, then mould yourself on Roger Federer. I won three Wimbledon titles and I wish I could play like him.

I had a great tennis career. I have no regrets. But to find peace with yourself, and to finally be with your family - I'm probably the happiest guy in the world.

I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.

If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass.

I hate to lose more than I love to win.

I have always believed that my job is to try and give my best on the tennis courts.

I killed a squirrel once with a car. Twice with a tennis racket.

I know some of my self-worth comes from tennis, and it's hard to think of doing something else where you know you'll never be thebest. Tennis players are rare creatures: where else in the world can you know that you're the best? The definitiveness of it is the beauty of it, but it's not all there is to life and I'm ready to explore the alternatives.

I just try to stay positive and focused on the tennis, not let anything get to me, like crazy questions. But I'm tough, let me tell you, tough as nails.

I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.

I made it look so easy on court all those years. No one realized how hard I had to work. No one realized how much I had to put into it. They underestimated my intensity.

I lost to a better player who played some courageous tennis and deserved to win.

I love swimming, tennis, and I am taking up golf. I am not serious about it, I just go to the range and practice. Other than that, I enjoy going to the movies and hanging out with my friends.

I love the feel of hitting the ball hard, the pleasure of a rally. It is these things that make tennis the delightful game that it is.

I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.

I'm a big fan of the Rocky series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.

I love tennis. But even if I become the greatest of all time, I still don't only want to be defined by tennis. I'm my own person. And I want to be remembered as I really am. I'm so much more than tennis.

I'm actually a pretty good tennis player!

I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.

I'm a terrible musician. While the band members are great, I'm tolerated and affectionately regarded because I do movies, but if I had to make my living as a musician I would starve. I'm like a Sunday tennis player.

I'm convinced being a tennis analyst is the easiest job in the world.

I'm not afraid of anyone, but sometimes I'm afraid of myself. The mental part is very important.

I'm more in that Rafa Nadal high-energy high-octane mold out there. I wear that emotion on the court. That's how I play my best tennis. People either like that or not. And I can't change that: that's who I am on a tennis court.

I'm not involved in tennis but committed.

I'm not worried about the weekend, I'm worried about Saturday.

I'm not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!

I'm not to eager to play tennis in my spare time. I'm more interested in doing gym work and stuff like that. We have a lot of schools and courts around where I live, so if I really want to play I don't need to go too far.

I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.

I'm really into tennis. Because of the traveling, standing in front of a mirror and lifting weights in a gym makes me feel putrid. I'd rather do something that's physically tough and mentally stimulating.

In America you're conditioned to regard everything as a contest. You have to make the Ten Best Dressed List, win this, win that. It drives me nuts sometimes. Who cares, for Christ's sake?

I'm trying to enjoy my lie as much as I can and I know that tennis hopefully is going to be my life the next 10, 15 years.

I'm very interested in tennis, but when I try to tell younger players about [Bill] Tilden, they're not interested.

In corporate levels, it's all about tailoring your shirt and which tennis club you belong to and which watch you are wearing and what did you shoot last week?

In tennis, at the end of the day you're a winner or a loser. You know exactly where you stand... I don't need that anymore. I don't need my happiness, my well-being, to be based on winning and losing.

In my mind, I'm always the best. If I walk out on the court (and) I think the next person is better, I've already lost.

In lawn tennis mixed, the basic chivalry move is to pretend to serve less fiercely to the woman than to the man. This is particularly useful if your first service tends to be out in any case.

In tennis you move a lot. Golf you dont. In tennis, you can have a bad half-hour, but you cant in golf. You can lose the first set in tennis and still win.